Senator Cynthia Villar has sought a Senate investigation on the oil spill from the sunken tanker MT Princess Empress that has been causing surmounting damages to the marine ecosystem and biodiversity, among others. Villar filed Senate Resolution 537 directing the Senate committee on environment, natural resources and climate change to conduct, in aid of legislation, […]
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REPORT ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE – CIMATU
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is urging the public to keep reporting suspicious activity after a tip led authorities to rescue various exotic animals worth P300,000 and arrest three suspected wildlife traders in Oriental Mindoro recently. A total of 56 heads of wildlife species—including the endangered green iguana and red-footed tortoise—were rescued […]